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November 21, 2011

WANT TO WIN A BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE?!

We want to hear about your favorite books!

Between now and November 30th, if you submit a review of a book you liked (no matter how long ago it was published), you will be entered into a drawing to win ANY BOOK OF YOUR CHOICE that has been reviewed on Bookshop Talk, or written by an author that we’ve interviewed. You can evenwinmore than one! (And yes, the books will - if readily available on Amazon - arrive before the holidays, so you could give one as a gift!)

We will give away one book for every ten reviews we receive. And your name will be entered into the drawing for every review that you submit.

If you are choosing between books to review, we REALLY need some non-fantasy reviews this time around. We still have quite a stockpile of those to post in the future, and we want to provide as much variety as possible on Bookshop Talk (but don't hold back if your favorite recent read is fantasy. We'll still take it!).

So raid your Goodreads & Amazon reviews, blog, or whatever, and send Bookshop Talk reviews of the books that you would like to recommend to others!

For instructions on how to format and submit an acceptable review (you only have to write 3-5 paragraphs) visit our Contact page here.

Below is an alphabetized list of the books that have already been reviewed, or will be posted before the end of the drawing. Please look over this list before you submit a new review:

ALANNA: SONG OF THE LIONESS, by Tamora Pierce

ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY, by Sydney Taylor

AUSTENLAND, by Shannon Hale

BALLET SHOES, by Noel Streatfeild

BEAUTY, by Robin McKinley

BEFORE I FALL, by Lauren Oliver

THE BELGARIAD SERIES, by David Eddings

BENEATH A MARBLE SKY, by John Shors

BIG PUMPKIN, by Erica Silverman

THE BLUE CASTLE, by L.M. Montgomery

THE BOOK OF LOST TALES, by J.R.R. Tolkien

THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak

BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE, by Eric
Carle

THE CATER STREET HANGMAN, by Anne Perry

CHICKEN CHEEKS, by Michael Ian Black

CHIME, by Franny Billingsley

THE CHOICE, by Og Mandino

THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN (you could choose any
book in the series), by Lloyd Alexander

CLEOPATRA: A LIFE, by Stacy Schiff

CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE, by Doreen
Cronin

CLOCKWORK ANGEL by Cassandra Clare

CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK, by Elizabeth Peters

CROWN DUEL, by Sherwood Smith

THE DARK CITY, by Catherine Fisher

THE DARK LORD OF DERKHOLM, by Diana Wynne Jones

DEALING WITH DRAGONS, by Patricia C. Wrede

THE DEATH-DEFYING PEPPER ROUX, by Geraldine
McCaughrean

THE DESERT OF SOULS, by Howard Andrew Jones

DINOSAUR ROAR, by Henrietta Stickland,
illustrated by Paul Stickland

DINOSAURS LOVE UNDERPANTS, by Claire Freedman

DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, by Christopher
Meyerhoeffer

THE DISTANT HOURS, by Kate Morton

DOOBY, DOOBY, MOO, by Doreen Cronin

DON'T WAKE UP THE BEAR, by Marjorie Dennis Murray

DRAGON AND THIEF, by Timothy Zahn

DRAGON SLIPPERS, by Jessica Day George

EAST, by Edith Pattou

EMMA, by Jane Austen

FAERIES OF DREAMDARK: BLACKBRINGER, by Laini
Taylor

THE FAIRY’S MISTAKE, by Gail Carson Levine

FEVER 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson

FLY BY NIGHT by Frances Harding

FREDDY THE DETECTIVE by Walter R. Brooks

THE FROG PRINCESS, by E.D. Baker

FORTUNE'S FOLLY, by Deva Fagan

THE GAMMAGE CUP, by Carol Kendall

GIGGLE, GIGGLE, QUACK, by by Doreen Cronin

THE GIRL WHO CIRCUMNAVIGATED FAIRYLAND IN A SHIP
OF HER OWN MAKING, by Catherynne M. Valente